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Unconscious used to be a place I craved. It used to be my escape, my get-away from everything and everyone; now it's nothing but a hassle. It's not easy to go and carry on throughout an entire day when you feel lethargic and as if you've been broken down to your core.

I guess this highlights how important sleep was for me, considering Brago could go weeks without it and be completely fine. I was still human, though, no matter how much I didn't want to be.

I hated being so frail, so weak. Time and time again I proved as nothing more than a burden to Brago, and that was something that embedded its way into my heart a very long time ago.

Do you know what it's like to be a burden to the people around you? Do you know what it's like to be the one thing that stands between someone you love and their goal?

You don't. You never well. No one will understand how much I need to keep my promise. No one can comprehend how much pressure I put on myself the second those words left my lips; I hold onto it every day, and it is something I know I will never rid my mind of.

I don't mind it, though; it gives me a reason to keep on going, to keep on living. It's not that I don't want to live per-say; I just don't have interest in living this life anymore.

I am so sick of the everyday, mundane things I got so used to doing before Brago showed up.

I suppose this why I clung so hard to him these past few days. I can feel the end of this battle nearing. Every day it gets closer and every day I feel myself breaking because of it. I can feel my will and self-control begin to split and shatter with each passing minute, each passing moment.

I guess that's why I was sleeping so terribly. The thought of Brago, disintegrating, right beneath my fingers tips. The idea of watching him turn to nothing but air before me and wash away into the wind-

My body shook out of sleep with such a violent yelp; I was surprised I hadn't hit the ceiling.

My chest was heaving up and down, the sweat dripping down the back of my neck slowly. My eyes were frozen open in fear, trying my hardest to get a grip on them and close them. My body was trembling, quaking beneath the pressure of my own dismal delusions.

But before I could even recall what had happened within the confines of my mind, before I could even remember Brago's figure seeping through my fingers and turning into nothing- my mind snapped to his book.

My hands ravaged my bed until I found it, nestled quaintly beneath my pillows like I always did. I brought it up to my chest and cradled it there tightly, closing my eyes and pressing my lips and chin against its front.

I let my body relax as I sat there, waiting for myself to calm down, waiting for my nerves to disappear.

It took a few minutes, but it got there. My body began to relax as I become aware of reality, of palpable reality. I looked up, my eyes searching for Brago for a brief moment.

To my clandestine disappointment, he wasn't in the room. I sighed against the book, shutting my crystal orbs before shakily getting out of bed and walking to my dresser.

I needed to get ready.

Brago and I were moving onward today.

I let my legs carry me down the stairs with a lithe step to it, cradling the book close to my side in my right hand. I decided to change up my outfit from now on; the pink dress was becoming increasingly repugnant to me, and it was time for a switch up; the weather was changing, too, which made it all that much better.

The dress was long and white with knee high white boots to match it. Around my neck was a purple ribbon with a hazel jewel in the middle of it. I let my hair down into ringlets like normal, allowing them to flow gingerly around my shoulders and neck nicely.

I didn't see Brago when I walked downstairs, just my maids and butler. He smiled at me wearily, knowing I still wasn't happy with him from his comment; though I decided to hide it, smiling warmly at him before walking out the door.

I stepped a few feet from the door before Brago joined me out of nowhere, falling in sync with me very easily.

"Good morning," I spoke to Brago lightly, seeing him nod his hello out of the corner of my eye.

"Feeling better?" He asked, and I was puzzled.

"What do you mean? The claw I took to the side? It feels fine, thank you for asking." I smiled warmly at him and he just stopped walking, staring back at me and causing me to halt in my tracks. I cocked a brow at him.

"Yes, Brago?"

"You don't remember?"

"Remember what?"

"You don't remember anything?" My face flushed a little with embarrassment and anger.

"What don't I remember?" He shook his head before continuing to walk ahead of me. I decided to drop it and just continue on with him, switching the book to my left hand so it was between both of our bodies now.

We kept walking on and on, I'm not sure for how long exactly, though. We got well into the forest after picking up a quick breakfast. After a bit I decided to speak up.

"Where are we going?" I didn't hear a reply, and so I sighed softly, deciding not to push the issue.

"Just keep going." Was the answer I got a few minutes later, and to this I simply nodded.

I would keep going for Brago, because I didn't really care where we were going. As long as I got to stay by his side and keep on fighting with him, it wouldn't be a problem. I wondered what kind of enemy we would run into this time, and I wondered how we would fair against them.

The idea of getting into a battle made me smirk for some reason- I couldn't figure out why. I think it was the fact that if we won there would be one less person we had to beat out there.

I think I was taken off guard when I saw what I did.

We walked out into another large plain of grass, but we weren't alone. To my right was another team; the mamodo was small like all of them, her hair a deep cerulean blue and pulled into two high, high ponytails of some sort. They were sticking straight up as if she had super glued them that way.

Her partner was a very tall male, he seemed average but…there was something…different about him; that's when I saw it. His eyes were bright white- they weren't normal.

But that seemed to be the least of my problems at this point.

When I looked to my left, my heart dropped and my throat clogged up. It was Koko and Zophis. They were facing the other mamodo, and both of them turned to Brago and I when we walked into the clearing. I saw a large grin spread across Zophis' mouth before a cruel, menacing laugh left his mouth.

"Sherry? You're still alive! Oh what a day!" My anger peaked at that moment and I yelled at him, opening my book simultaneously.

"Shut it, Zophis!" He just laughed more, Koko smiling the same wicked grin as he did. He reached for her hand and grabbed it, hovering into the air with her.

"All though I would love to stay and play with you, Sherry, I have more pressing matters to attend to! Please, have fun and enjoy my lovely friend, Penny!"

"No you don't!" I yelled out as the book began to glow, but before I could even pronounce the first letter of the spell they had disappeared, causing me to turn to this Penny person and glare daggers at her.

"Well then, shall we begin?" She smiled so wide, so enthusiastically at me, it was nauseating.

"What are you doing with Zophis? What is going on?" I saw her grin and shake her finger at me.

"All in due time, pretty lady!" I grit my teeth and narrowed my eyes at her.

"Very well." I saw her book owner open up her book as it began to glow, calling out a spell.

"Akur!" I watched as she held up her hand, laughing before a jet of water spiraled out towards us. My right foot took a step back as the book was angled in my left hand, my right hovering over it.

"Gigano Reis!" I called out as Brago shot his compressed energy bullet at the spray of water. I smiled as it smashed through the weak attack.

"Ashield!" Her book owned called out as a spiraling water shield flew out and blocked our spell. I simply grinned at her.

"What a weak little girl. This fight shall be fun after all." I saw a vein pulse in her head as she got agitated.

"Weak? Gelios!" I assumed this was the name of her partner, seeing as how their book began to glow even more.

"Aku Supureido!" I watched as the shield turned down towards the earth and smashed into it, the water rushing at us in a wave, enhanced by Brago's gravity spell. I heard him curse out loud as we darted in opposite directions to avoid it.

Avoiding the attack wasn't difficult, but now we were separated and this would prove to be a hassle.

"Ganzu Akur!" I heard another spell as Penny's arms began flailing at high speeds and spitting out balls of water at both of us. I grunted lowly as I darted towards Brago, keeping my book closed as I called out.

"Ion Gravirei!" His hand shot out and smashed directly over Penny, even though she tried to dodge it, I heard her yelp when her arm was caught within our attack.

"Ah! You'll pay for that! Gelios!" She screamed out.

"Akur!" I grinned as she launched another water attack from her hand, before realizing Brago had to cancel his spell to avoid it.

"Tch, child's play." I said as I darted around the attack and Brago joined up with me.

"Arugh! Dodge this!"

"Akur Kiro!" My eyes grew a little as she began to shoot icy blades from her hands at high speeds, yelling at us as she did. I quickly shut the book and darted to the side, watching Brago do the same thing with a grunt. I kept moving, using everything within myself to stay safe.

But I didn't take into account that Brago wouldn't be okay. When I heard him yell out, I looked over to see a large gash over his right shoulder. My anger peaked here as Penny kept laughing, not paying attention to me anymore.

"Yeah that's right! Take some more blackey!" She called out as she continued to slash at Brago with her attack. I growled, my mind running through every option within my mind to help Brago before settling on one.

Hopefully her partner wasn't really very conscious of his surroundings, seeming as though he was under mind control. I pointed my cane at him and shot the jewel, grinning as it wrapped around his book and yanked it out of his hands and into the air.

"Gigano Reis!" I called out as Brago shot the attack out at her book.

"No!" Penny yelled at her attack stopped.

"So Giaku!" I didn't realize her partner could call out spells without holding their book. The sweat dropped down my neck as the dragon made of water shot from her hands, straight up and right at the gigano reis. I didn't know what would happen, but I darted to Brago and opened up our book.

"Oruga Reis!" I called out a spell we had yet to use, hoping, praying it would work. Brago's hands shot up, groaning from pain as they did. The dragon lunged for us as I yelled out, adding my strength to the attack. It was a spiraling beam of gravitational energy that crashed head first into the dragon. They clashed for a moment, water and energy flying out from side to side before both of them were redirected elsewhere.

The dragon smashed next to us, causing a tiny flood that knocked me off my feet for a moment. Brago's spell flew into a tree and knocked it down, and as I was getting up I caught sight of Penny. She was standing above her book, crying as it burned against the ground; I suppose the gigano reis did hit. She looked up at me and spoke.

"Good luck…Zophis' plan isn't good…run while you can." Before she could say anything else, she disappeared into nothing, her voice drifting through the wind like a ghost's whisper. It sent chills down my spine as I looked down at Brago, who was kneeling on one knee.

"C'mon, let's go rest for a bit." I told him as I helped him up, motioning for him to lean on me, which he did, before we headed for a nearby resting place of some sort; trees and just some cover from the elements.

We found a small clearing under a bunch of trees, and I helped Brago sit down. I told him to wait there as I ran for the tiny flood we just escaped. I wound up tearing part of my dress off and soaking it before running back.

"Stay still." I told him as I wrapped the soaking cloth around his shoulder where the wound was. I secured it tightly, Brago's gaze not leaving me. It didn't bother me, though. I made sure he would be okay before smiling weakly and sitting down next to him, on the side of him without the wound. I let my head fall back against the tree for a moment, before I heard him speak. It was soft, but it was there, and it made me smile.

"Thank you."

I nodded my response to Brago before looking over at him, seeing his eyes were closed as well. I sighed lightly and lowered my head down onto his shoulder, bringing the book up to my chest. I felt him move a little, and was expecting him to push me off, but when he didn't I just sat there, soaking in the joy of still having Brago.

I knew I was getting way too attached to him, but I couldn't help it.

He was all I had.

And he was all that I fought for.

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